On the way home to Nazareth that day, Jesus wanted, needed some quiet time to think about His mission. With the Passover service, God called His people away from their everyday work to remind them of their deliverance from Egypt. He wanted them to see that as the blood of the lamb saved them on the Passover night, so now the blood of their Messiah would save them from the evil of sin.

God wanted the services to lead His people to a prayerful study and meditation. But in the excitement of travel and socializing with friends ~ most quickly forgot what they had seen and heard.